Sold a car to a relative and it broke...

simple really, the driver thought it was an auto/manual F1 type and didnt take it out of 1st gear for 400km

 

Fraser's send a lot of car bits back n forth. I think their complete kit is about a grand to get across.
A boxed up transmission couldn't be much above two hundred I'd guess.

 

just to finish it off lend them some money as well

oh and sleep with your Brothers wife, that should do it!!!!

 

or sleep with her mother

 

James, I'd be confident that low mileage 'boxes would be available in Oz - there are plenty of Polo GTis around here. If the box has been run out of oil, virtually everything that moves will need replacement. One curious thing though, if the bottom of the car was wet with oil, some would get on the exhaust, I'd imagine - what about smell/smoke as an early warning?

Selling cars to friends/relatives always ends in tears, for me anyway- I refuse to recommend cars to friends/relatives - If pressed, the standard answer is "buy a Toyota".

 

You could be surprised. Some women will reason your money is theirs, so why should their relatives get any.

 

yeah one of those prius things, then the battery goes and you have to buy shares in duracell to keep it on the road

tell me about it

 

http://www.partslocator.com.au

 

I could be wrong but i dont reckon they sold a GTi polo in Aust

 

Yup, still listed as a current model - mates wife has one.

 

I'd give him his money back and take the car back ... end of future problems right there and then. Relative can then go and buy something themselves and thus there is no future "now this has broken James ...".

Then chuck in a second hand gearbox and flick the car.

Everybody happy.
Pete

 

Brookvale Spares, Sydney - ph 1300 049 103. I just called them, may have a 'box, depending on year etc...

Failing that, google is your friend... if you end up sourcing something in Sydney north, happy to assist..

 

I think you're doing a good thing James. While I don't think you're responsible, i think any sort of contribution is best for everyone.

A similar thing recently happened to me when a car i bought passed muster on the PPI, everything was clean as a whistle and i had no reason to suspect anything would go wrong. Half an hour into the drive home a coolant hose in the back on the engine split and the car had to be towed home. Now, I bought this car from canberra and had to travel 400km or so back to sydney so i got stranded in goulburn for the night.

The seller and mechanic didn't want to know about it and I'm only starting to enjoy the car now after having all repairs completed, having bought it over 2 months ago.

If i was given some sort of assistance, it would've made it that much better of a buying experience, so i think your a champ for at least trying to help out.

 

They didn't start selling the Polo GTi here in oz till 2005. The current model GTi uses a different engine to the 2001 model so maybe a different gearbox too...

Seems google isn't your friend

 

Yep. Only '05 and '06 for sale on carsales.

 

Ok, I didn't see the 2001 bit..... maybe the gearbox is the same as a Golf of the same vintage? That should be easy enough to get.

 

at the end of the day.........throw a chair on his head, there is more to this than meets the eye..........transmissions just dont blow up and do stupid things like haemorrage everywhere for no reason............unless of course Phil had something to do with it

 

maybe ff took it for a test drive first you know the one where he redlines it a couple of times............poor gearbox

ya man do a little investigating and find out what happened to the gearbox ....

 

Put a top loader in there.

 

mated to a 9 inch rear end

 

You are a GOOD guy James!! A really good guy!!

But I wouldnt do anything to help him out.

You do not have any obligation to do anything. You sold him a car cheap and it blew up two days later.

Bah, thats life. Get on with it!

P.S-Did I say you're a good guy?

 

You'd like to be what?